Running-gear for vehicles



(No Model.)

JLH. Y& J. F. LUETH. RUNNING GEAR FOR VEHICLES.

Patented Aug. .12, 1890.

UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE. 7

JOHN H. LUETH AND JOHN F. LUETH, OF KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS.

RUNNING-GEAR FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,350, dated August 12, 1 890.

Application filed April 12,1890. Serial No. 347,677i (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN H. LUETH and JOHN F. LUETH, citizens of the United States, residing at Kankakee, in the county of Kankakee and Stat-eof Illinois, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Running-Gear; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of'this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in running-gear for vehicles; and it has for its object, among others, to make provision for relieving the connecting-bolt of the strain caused by the elongation of the side springs when in use.

It has for a further object to provide a finish to the end of the side spring and firmly hold and connect the side and cross springs at their ends.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a top plan showing our invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section on the line a: ccof Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a broken side elevation of the head-block with the cross-spring attached thereto. Fig. 4 is an edge View of one of the side springs with the scroll in vertical longitudinal section and also the cross-spring. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one half of the saddle-clip detached.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the front, and B the rear, axle.

C are the side springs, which may be of ordinary construction, preferably leaf-springs, as shown, and in order to give a finished appearance to the ends thereof we provide the scroll-piece I), which at the outer endis made fanciful in design, as illustrated, and at the inner end is formed with a fiat portion a, which is formed with two depressions or recesses b and 0 upon different vertical or horizontal' planes. The cross-springs E are arranged with their edges vertical, except at the ends, which are twisted. at right angles to the body of the spring, and the horizontal portions thereof seated in the deepest of the recesses 12, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, with the upper face thereof flush with the bottom of the shallower recess 6. The side springs have their ends seated in the said recesses 17 at right angles to the cross-springs, as shown, and cover the ends of the cross-springs, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The ends of the side and cross springs are secured in place by the vertical bolts, rivets, or other means d. The cross-springs are clipped to the head-block F by means of the saddle-clips G, one of which is shown in detail in Fig. 6, and consists of a body portion having a screw-threaded shank f,with a horizontal portion g, the inner upper face of which is provided with a shoulder 2', and above this shoulder extends the vertical port-ion j, which is provided with asuitable hole is for the passage of securing means.

In practice the two clips are placed over the head-block-one upon each side thereofwith their shanks passed through a bearingplate K on the under side thereof, with the body portions embracing the h'ead-block, the shoulders i receiving and supporting the cross-spring, as shown in Fig. 2, and the parts secured by the cross-bolts or other securing means m, which pass through the openings in the upper vertical portions of the clips. The ends of the side springs bear against the shoulders n in the scroll-pieces, as shown in Figs.

4 and 5, and thus serve to take the strain 0 from the securing-bolts when under load and in use.

What we claim as new is 1. The combination, with the wearing-plate K and the head-block F, of the divided sad- 5 dle-clips G, having a body portion bearing against the head-block, screw-threaded shanks passed through the wearing-plate, lateral portions g, bearing on the top of the head-block, shoulders 2' upon the inner upper face of the lateral portions g, and parallel vertical portions j above the shoulders 2', upon different planes than the body portions, and the spring E, resting on the shoulders 'i, embraced by the portions j, and transverse bolts passed through the upper ends of said portions j and through the spring, substantially as shown and described.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a saddle-clip G, in two like separable parts, each having a screw-threaded shank f, flattened above the threaded portion, a horizontal portion g, shoulder z, and above the shoulder with vertical portion 7', having suitable hole It, said vertical portion being in a difierent vertical plane from the shank, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that We claim the above we have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. LUETH. JOHN F. LUETI'I.

Witnesses:

E. B. WARRINER, H. .DAHLING. 

